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Due to the severe and worsening conditions the Council has decided to withdraw ALL school transport today Friday 2nd March. We will review this decision over the coming days and update the necessary communication channels.

If you are currently working in a professional area, such as early years, children’s services or elsewhere in the education sector, this course will enable you to enhance your skills and expertise within your chosen area, furthering your professional development.

This qualification is ideal for managers with significant responsibilities for coaching and mentoring as part of their day-to-day role. It also develops those learners planning to move into a development role or start a career as a coach or mentor.

The Somerset Governors 175 Safeguarding Audit has been unlocked and is now ready for completion. We apologise for the glitches that there have been and the impact this may have caused you all and thank you for your patience , We are hopeful Virtual College have been able to rid the bugs that were in the system, They assure us today this has been successful.

We have been informed by the Virtual College that The Governors Safeguarding 175 Audit will remain currently unavailable until at least January 4th 2018 when it is hoped to go live enabling full access. We apologise for the inconvenience it may have caused

Applications for the 2018/19 Farmington Scholarships are now open. These are Scholarships available to teachers of Religious Education and associated subjects in UK secondary, primary, and special needs schools. Head teachers who wish to undertake research into either religious education or values education are also eligible to apply.

Support Services for Education are pleased to invite school leaders to their inaugural conference - Change across the Education Sector - on Friday 23 February 2018. The all-day event is FREE to attend and will include a complimentary lunch and refreshments.

Hi all as you are all aware OPERATION Fenestra regarding CSE in Somerset has been released as a serious case review Please can you ensure all your staff in your provisions are aware of this and have opportunity to read it.

For 2017-18 School Improvement are running full day training courses for teachers New to Year 2 and Year 6. These courses give teachers the opportunity to develop their understanding of the end of Key Stage assessments and advance their expertise in making end teacher assessment judgments for reading, writing and mathematics in 2018.

These sessions will focus on children requiring Epipen’s or Midazolam and those who have shunts due to hydrocephalus. A maximum of two of these three subjects will be covered in each session dependent on demand.

A day to develop your professional practice relating to EAL and Traveller pupils. We will look at current issues affecting these groups and through a range of interactive workshops will offer strategies and ideas to use and develop back in your educational setting. There will also be an opportunity to browse and purchase a variety of resources in the Marketplace.

If an NQT has begun their induction at your school and you have not already done so, it’s important that you register them on the SSE website as soon as possible to begin their induction with Somerset as the Appropriate Body (AB). Assessments are now uploaded online under the individual NQT profile. This is where NQTs, tutors and Headteachers can read and sign off assessment reports. Somerset AB will monitor this and approve that the NQT has completed and passed their induction period

Consultation to look at how we can ensure Britain is the safest place in the world to be online. The Strategy considers the responsibilities of companies to their users, the use of technical solutions to prevent online harms and government’s role in supporting users.

This 2 day non-accredited course gives an understanding of Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) and understanding of speech and language development and communication difficulties. It teaches staff strategies for differentiating class activities enabling children with ASC and pragmatic language difficulties to access the curriculum more effectively and encourages a flexible approach to using the resources available to staff within the school.